SHARED ROOM BEFORE TOUR

We're back from our vacation to Cape Cod!  It went by way too fast and I am planning to post some photos from our trip a little later once I have time to narrow all the pics down to just a "few" for the blog.  If you've read my blog before, you'll know that by a "few" I mean a hundred or so. :)  

So today's post isn't about our vacation, but one of my summer projects: the pilots' shared room.  When we got home from our trip I had an email that Little Pilot's nursery was being featured at Apartment Therapy (yay!).  I submitted the space to them many months ago and had assumed it hadn't made the cut.  As I went to check out the post, I was reminded that I had wrote that Little Pilot's nursery was one of my favourite spaces in our home.  I was a little sad to realize that it wasn't true anymore.  The room has sadly been neglected since the arrival of Co-pilot.  We really haven't done anything to update the space since we made it a shared room.  We basically added a yard sale toddler bed and did nothing else.  We didn't even move the shelves or pictures around (the mirror and chalkboard "s") have been taken down.    I guess this unexpected Apartment Therapy feature gave me the motivation to get to work on (or at least start planning) this room.

Here's the room as it stands right now:

 I've been struggling with the layout of this room and with what to do with beds that really don't go together well.  If you have any ideas I would love to hear them. :)

The crib was a gift from my mom and has to stay even though it is probably too big for this tiny room.  I don't love the dark wood.  It isn't really my style, but I am hoping to make it work since painting it will probably devalue it for resale.  Oh, and I'm not sure why I still have a woolen baby suit hanging there in July. :)


Little Pilot's toddler bed is this natural colour that is fighting with the dark stain on the crib.  The shape is similar to the crib and a coat of paint may remedy the mismatch.  I am also thinking of getting this toddler bed  since it is the same width as the crib and I could possibly fit both end-to-end along the striped wall.  The change table isn't being used much anymore and we really need a dresser to help store the mounds of clothes that generally litter the room's floor (maybe on the opposite wall?).  The shade on the lamp has got to go too.

Another look at Co-pilot's side of the room (can you find him in the crib?).

I think this "door" wall of the room will stay as is since the bookshelf is so functional and fits perfectly there.  That means I only have two walls to work with for furniture placement that both are made a little shorter by the the doors that swing onto them (entry door and closet door).

So there you have it!  A little "before" tour of the shared room.  Once I figure out:

1) the bed situation,

2) layout and

3) clothes storage,

I can get to the fun decorating part.  I'm finding the room is looking a little grey and would love to add a little more bright coloured accents to the room, but don't worry, it will still have a lot of white (because white is right after all). :)

If you would like to share any of your fabulous ideas to help me figure out my furniture/layout dilemmas I would be so delighted!

Here's one Cape Cod pic just for fun:

I couldn't resist! :)